Turtle Tide: The Ways of Sea Turtles
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
1590780817
ISBN 13
9781590780817
Category
NF-Cold Blooded Animals
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Publication Year
2005
Publisher
Pages
32
Description
A mother turtle swims to shore. She digs a hole in a dune, where she lays one hundred eggs. Following her instinct, she covers the eggs with sand and slowly makes her way back to sea. What happens next, from eggs to hatchlings, is one of the most extraordinary occurrences in nature. The eggs provide food for other animals, and the eggs that survive produce hatchlings that, again, provide food for birds and crabs. Even those hatchlings that make it to the ocean face an uncertain future. Together, lyrical text and dramatic paintings give young readers an understanding of how turtles give birth and how the young fight for survival in this winner of the Maryland Blue Crab Young Readers' Award. - from Amzon
Number of Copies
1
